Of infants born to mothers with primary or secondary syphilis, up to 50% will be premature, stillborn, or die in the neonatal period; further, most of these children are born with congenital ...

In the spring of 1495, the French army, under the reign of Charles VIII, faced an unexpected enemy. Soldiers weren’t battling ...

Stark County and much of Northeast Ohio have been hit with the highest number of syphilis cases in recent memory.

This documented epidemic is now interpreted to be the first historical account of syphilis. The origin of syphilis is the subject of a decades-long debate. The late 15th century outbreak occurred ...

Martin Heinrich introduced the Maternal and Infant Syphilis Prevention Act, which would guide states on best practices to prevent pregnant women from passing the disease on to their child.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can be passed through unprotected sex or contracted congenitally, meaning it can be passed from mother to child via pregnancy. In some cases ...

Accusatory finger-pointing about the scourge, syphilis, began almost immediately. The Italians called it “the French disease”; the French called it “the Neapolitan disease”; the Russians ...

and maternal and child health clinics — an opportunity to screen for syphilis. So far, there is no official guidance on preconception screening for persons planning a pregnancy, according to ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has established a Regional Validation Committee to oversee the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis ...

Syphilis infections rose by 58 percent in greater Minnesota. There were also reports of infections in females of child-bearing age, though most infections are seen among males, particularly men who ...

Brazzaville — The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has launched a Regional Validation Committee for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and ...